Thursday, July 9, 2015

A message from a less than ideal mother

You know those mothers you hear about in tributes who do so much for their families and never complain?

Who are these women? I am not one of them.

LAST NIGHT BOTH MY KIDS WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (four hours apart) SOAKED BECAUSE THEIR PULL UPS LEAKED. I CHANGED SHEETS AND PAJAMAS AND GOT KIDS RE-SETTLED TWICE WHILE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASLEEP.

So. There's a complaint.

4 comments:

  1. Uuugggggghhhh. I feel your pain. My least favorite is when I change soaked pajamas, let them come sleep in my bed because I'm too lazy to change sheets, and then find my duvet cover, down comforter, sheets, AND mattress soaked through in the morning because of double accidents. It seems if I'm diligent about cutting off drinks early in the evening and then taking them to the potty after they've gone asleep—like say they go to bed at nine, whoever goes to bed last will take them at like eleven or twelve before going to bed. Bed wetting sucks.

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  2. I didn't even complete that sentence—it seems like if I do those two things, they'll usually sleep through without an accident. But sometimes there are weeks where nothing seems to make a difference. Maybe the gravitational pull of the moon?

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  3. Also, my youngest has never had a bed wetting problem since being potty trained. On the other hand, my older one wets the bed allllll the time. I think it's genetic. It's beyond me.

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  4. I LOVE my sleep, so I would have complained too. And I do. And lately they both have been getting out of bed to wake me in my sleep. It's maddening especially since I'm super pregnant. Oh the joy of children.

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